Combination shade and curtain bracket.



PATBNTED MAY 16, 1905.

A. BORG.

COMBINATION SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.9, 1903.

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AXEL BORG, OF KOKOMO, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANCES BORG, OF KOKOMO, COLORADO.

COMBINATION SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,897, dated May 16, 1905.

Application filed November 9, 1903. Serial No. 180,486. 1

To all, whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AXEL Bone, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kokomo, in the county of Summit and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Combination Shade and Curtain Bracket, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description and specification.

The invention relates to improvements in combined shade and curtain fixtures.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of combined shade and curtain fixtures and to provide a simple, inexpensive, strong, and durable bracket adapted to be readily applied to a Window without the use of screws or other independent fastening devices and capable of supporting a window-shade and of holding a curtain-pole or a pair of rods for supporting lace curtains and other draperies.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fixture of this character adapted to be readily stamped out of a single piece of metal and capable of being applied in position by a child or other inexperienced person.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangements of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of construction Within the scope of the claim may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figu re 1 is a side elevation of one of the brackets of a combined shade and curtain. fixture constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied in position and indicating the manner of supporting a curtain-pole. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the other bracket, illustrating the manner of holding a pair of rods for supporting a lace curtain. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bracket.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a bracket constructed of sheetbrass or other similar material and adapted to be stamped from a single piece of the same, and it is provided with an inner upright bar 2, constituting an attaching portion, and a horizontal top portion or bar 3. The horizontal top portion 3, which is adapted to be arranged upon the upper edge of the top of a window frame or casing, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, is provided at its rear edge with depending spurs 4, arranged at intervals and tapered, as shown. These spurs are adapted to extend back of the window frame or casing, as indicated in the drawings, whereby the bracket is securely held against outward movement. The vertical portion 2 is provided at its lower end with ahorizontal spur 5, tapered as shown and adapted to be embedded in the window frame or casing by a light blow, whereby the bracket is held against upward movement to prevent the upper spurs from becoming accidentally disengaged from the top of the Window frame or casing. By this construction the bracket is firmly fastenedv in position and may be readily applied to a window frame or casing by a child or other inexperienced person. It will also be apparent that the bracket is fastened to a frame or casing without the use of screws, nails, or other independent fastening devices. The bracket is provided with a top approximately horizontal supporting portion 6, having a large curved recess 7, and also provided at the inner and outer ends of the recess with small notches 8 and 9. The large recess 7 is adapted to receive a curtain-pole 10, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and the small notches are designed to receive a pair of rods 11 for supporting lace curtains or other draperies. The top outwardly-extending supporting portion or bar is preferably curved or escalloped, as shown, to present an ornamental appearance, and it is supported at its outer end by an inclined brace or bar 12, extending from the outer portion of the top of the supporting-bar to the lower portion of the upright bar 2. The brace is also preferably of ornamental appearance, as shown.

Within the opening formed by the top bar the brace and the inner vertical bar 2 of the bracket is arranged a shade-support 13, consisting of an ornamental approximately triangular flange extending outward at right angles to the inner vertical bar 2 and connected with the inner portion of the top bar 6. By this construction a bracket of great strength and durability is provided. One of the brackets is provided at its inner shade-supporting portion with an L-shaped slot or opening 14 and the other has a circular opening 15. The angular or L-shaped opening is adapted to receive the journal, which is connected with the spring of a curtain-shade, and the other opening, 15, is adapted to receive the round journal of the curtain-shade.

It will be seen that each of the brackets consists of a single piece of material, so that there is no liability of any of the parts becoming accidentally separated or lost. Also it will be clear that the brackets are readily adjustable to and from each other to adapt them for supporting curtain-shades of different sizes and that they are capable of receiving either a curtain-pole or a pair of curtain-supporting rods. Also it will be clear that lace curtains and various other draperies may be readily applied to a window by means of the brackets. Furthermore, it will be apparent that the greater the weight to which the brackets are subjected the more securely will they be held in position on the window frame or casing.

' Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A combined shade and curtain fixture stamped out of a single piece of metal, and consisting of a bracket having an opening and comprising an upright bar arranged to fit flat against a window-frame, a horizontal top portion extending laterally and rearwardly from the upright bar and arranged to fit upon the top of a window-frame, a horizontal bar extending outwardly from the top of the upright bar and at a point between the ends of the said horizontal portion and provided with means for receiving curtain-supporting devices, an inclined bar extending from the lower portion of the upright bar to the outer portion of the horizontal bar, and a flange extending into the opening of the bracket from the upright bar and spaced from the horizontal and inclined bars and provided with means for supporting a shade-roller.

AXEL BORG.

Witnesses:

GEO. B. THoMsoN, J. F. DEACON. 

